Patents by Inventor Thomas Lety

Thomas Lety has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Motor vehicle wheel having an aluminum rim and a steel wheel disc joined together by welded pins
    Patent number: 11351813
    Abstract: A wheel intended for a motor vehicle includes a rim made of a sheet of aluminium alloy that is fastened to the contour of a wheel disc made from a steel sheet by assemblies that connect the aluminium sheet of the rim and the steel sheet of the wheel disc, which overlap one another. The assemblies include connecting pins each of which has a tip that passes through a hole in the aluminium sheet of the rim, the front end of which is welded to the steel sheet of the wheel disc, and a rear head that presses against the aluminium sheet of the rim about said hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: PSA AUTOMOBILES SA, MAGNETTO WHEELS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric Palpacuer, Romaric Lenoir, David Feiner, Thomas Lety
  • MOTOR VEHICLE WHEEL HAVING AN ALUMINIUM RIM AND A STEEL WHEEL DISC JOINED TOGETHER BY WELDED PINS
    Publication number: 20190134696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel intended for a motor vehicle, having a rim (2) made of a sheet of aluminium alloy that is fastened to the contour of a wheel disc (10) made from a steel sheet by assemblies that connect the aluminium, sheet of the rim and the steel sheet of the wheel disc, which overlap one another, the assemblies comprising connecting pins (20) that have a tip that passes through a hole in the aluminium sheet of the rim (2), the front end of which is welded to the steel sheet of the wheel disc (10), and a rear head that presses against the aluminium sheet of the rim about said hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Palpacuer, Romaric Lenoir, David Feiner, Thomas Lety